Home Economics: How to Run the Whole House, Budget, and Garden

by Kate Singh

Want a fun book that teaches you how to run your home like a business...a cozy business, of course. Turn the kitchen into a cafe and your pantry into a grocery store. Grow your own organic produce and save tons of money. Learn how to budget like a pro without all the fancy financial spreadsheets. Make your house sparkly clean and charmingly decorated from thrift stores. Learn to love this job and become more creative with a tiny budget. Have fun and learn to slow down and be a bit old fashioned. This book will explain in detail every inch of house management and inspire you greatly. Brew up a pot of coffee and dive in.

Genres: Nonfiction

165 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 18, 2019

Reviews

[Karen Dempsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book, love her frugality, so inspiring.

Knowledgeable, many great ideas, she's a wonderful writer on frugality. I really enjoy her books and blogs. Keep writing your books Kate

[Debbie Slaughter · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always, I enjoy Kate's books. I read this one again, just for motivation. The book starts with homemaking tips, budgeting tips and tips on how to fill the pantry. The rest of the book is filled with recipes. This is a good one to have on the shelf to use as reference.

[Phyllis De francesco crawley · Rating 2 out of 5]

More of a “living from the earth” book

The description of the book indicated it was about household budgeting. It seems the author “tackled her budget” by growing a lot of her own food, predominantly vegan lifestyle, homeschooling her children, and if you are looking for information on making THOSE major life changes, this book would be for you.

However this does not address the concerns of the average family. Not everyone has the time or DESIRE to buy all foods in bulk and cook every meal from scratch or use only space heaters and window ac units instead of the central heat and air to save money.

If the book were marketed as something other than a household budgeting book, it would find a more successful target audience.

[Esther · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful advise & recipes

Any person whose task is housekeeping will benefit from the book. Lots of very frugal ideas and recipes for cleaners etc. I don't think that I would go to such measures but I did glean helpful suggestions

[Frances E Ham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed the reality and passion of the topic as written!!!!

Alot of useful information and she writes so full of joy.. about a topic that can drain the life out of you if you let it!

[Ryan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. This was a (not great, not terrible) description of some fairly labor-intensive and not ultimately that worthwhile ways to save money around the house. Trading time for money savings seems like exactly the wrong trade to make, generally.

[Tami Minor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Homemakers Inspiration

I love this book because it is written by someone who obviously loves homemaking and her family. There is a lot of great advice packed in these pages.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book with great ideas

I chose a five star rating because I love this author, and her books are very well written and entertaining.

[Jamie L Lovelis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good ideas

Ms Singh has lots of common sense ideas to help anyone live a fulfilling life and have a nice place to call home.

[Lizzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book

So this is an interesting book on how to live sensibly with loads of tips. However it's very American so sizes of pantry etc is always bigger here than the uk

[susan green · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

Enjoyed reading and got some good ideas that I will be trying out. Looking forward to reading other books from this author

[Anne Whoriskey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't use the recipes,they are awful.

There are many good ideas in this book but avoid the recipes at all costs as they are dire ,you can eat better than this and for less .

[Maria Skambili · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent Book of Home Economics!

[Sunnie · Rating 2 out of 5]

A few good hints but not as good as I would have liked overall.

[Clare Schinzel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just not exactly what I was looking for